From: Marvin Greenlee (marvingreenlee@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2006 - 23:31:41 ART
I would have to say that my most uncomfortable moment
in the lab was seeing the following pop up on my term
server window.
Message from tty19 to all terminals:
wr erase
reload
and realizing that my pod had just been erased by a
third party.
--- Scott Morris <swm@emanon.com> wrote:
> Fortunately for everyone around, neither screaming
> "YOUR RACK IS ON FIRE!"
> nor zapping candidates with lightning is part of the
> testing process!
> Although I'd hazard a guess that some people feel
> that way sometimes!
>
> Think there would be much fewer candidates then? :)
>
> Good pic though.
>
> I haven't had time for hobbies like that in years!
> I'll stick to flying
> with dear old Dad when I get the urge. (Much faster
> than the Cessna anyway
> (smirk)
>
>
> Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service
> Provider) #4713, JNCIE
> #153, CISSP, et al.
> CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
> IPExpert VP - Curriculum Development
> IPExpert Sr. Technical Instructor
> smorris@ipexpert.com
> http://www.ipexpert.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Brad
> Ellis
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:30 PM
> To: anthony.sequeira@thomson.com;
> ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OT: CCIE Lab Prep Tip: Make Yourself
> Uncomfortable!
>
> You fly? Cool! How many hours? solo yet?
>
> Since we're talking about flying (my favorite past
> time)
>
> You want uncomfortable...I'm an instrument rated
> pilot with about 500 hours,
> and 1 year ago while flying a Cirrus SR22 single
> engine (glass cockpit) I
> got hit by lightning at 10,000 ft MSL, but 3,000 ft
> AGL ***IMC*** while I
> was starting to pick up light rhyme...the lightning
> came in through the
> prop, and out three places:
> 1) the tail - big hole in tail (see picture below)
> 2) the com2 antenna
> 3) the front wheel fairing (melted one of the tow
> hooks completely)
>
> The avionics in the cockpit caught on fire and I had
> more smoke in my
> cockpit than at a busy casino. The glass cockpit
> flashed off, blue
> screened, rebooted, and came back up. Com2 and the
> autopilot got fried
> completely (the lovely devices causing the smokey
> nightclub effect in my
> cockpit). Basically for about 1 minute, I was IMC,
> smoke in the cockpit,
> 3000 ft AGL, picking up rhyme, and flying on backup
> instruments... Someone
> wrote an article about it a while ago to publish in
> an airplane magazine.
> If you want the whole article, shoot me an email
> offlist, and I'll dig it up
> for ya.
>
> pic of the tail is here:
> http://www.ccbootcamp.com/images/strike.jpg
>
> Let's just say I'd rather take 10 CCIE lab exams
> with an electric probe up
> my butt that zaps me for every typo before I'd go
> through a direct lightning
> hit again...
>
> Keep fly'n Anthony! I've got some other great
> stories for ya if you want to
> give me a call sometime. :) (near misses, icing
> horror stories, racing a
> lear jet, all sorts of fun...)
>
> (now my pilot call sign is Capt. Sparky...go figure)
>
> thanks,
> Capt. Sparkey
> CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
> CCSI#30482
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <anthony.sequeira@thomson.com>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:51 PM
> Subject: CCIE Lab Prep Tip: Make Yourself
> Uncomfortable!
>
>
> > When I am not teaching or writing about routers
> and switches, I am
> > typically either playing poker or flying. I use a
> plane to do the flying
> > by the way. . .
> >
> >
> >
> > I had to take over 1 year off from flying thanks
> to a little nightmare
> > called the CCIE Lab Exam. I recently visited my
> local flight school in
> > order to get recertified and get back up in the
> air.
> >
> >
> >
> > I took off with an instructor and we flew over to
> a nearby airport. He
> > indicated that he wanted me to land on Runway 12
> and perform a "touch
> > and go" in order to do it all over again. I
> managed to get the plane
> > down with the clean side up and as we were coming
> around for another
> > landing my instructor asked me how the landing
> felt. I replied that it
> > felt pretty awful - I felt like I was wrestling
> the plane to the ground
> > and was sweating the landing a bit.
> >
> >
> >
> > On the next landing - he again asked me how I
> felt. This time, I felt
> > great! It was like old times and the landing felt
> completely
> > comfortable. Just then, my instructor reached over
> and pulled all engine
> > power. He exclaimed "GET THIS PLANE ON THE RUNWAY
> NOW!" I gulped and
> > started to turn for the "base leg". "WE ARE ON
> FIRE - GET TO THE RUNWAY
> > NOW!" my instructor shouted. I decided I better
> forget about the base
> > leg and pointed the nose directly at the strip -
> needless to say - I was
> > a little uncomfortable again!
> >
> >
> >
> > My latest aviation instructor is a great one. He
> is constantly ensuring
> > that I am not comfortable during my training as
> the above example
> > demonstrates.
> >
> >
> >
> > I think candidates should consider this in their
> own prep for the lab!
> > If you are getting very comfortable in your lab
> simulations - you could
> > be doing yourself a disservice!
> >
> >
> >
> > What if you get in the lab and there are diagrams
> that are very
> > different from what you are used to? In fact, what
> if the diagrams look
> > like they were written by a four year old child
> using a blunt Crayola
> > crayon? What if the topics are presented in a
> crazy order? What if your
> > VLANs are all completely built and your job is to
> troubleshoot this
> > configuration?
> >
> >
> >
> > Chances are - if these things happen - you might
> get a bit
> > uncomfortable. And trust me - the actual CCIE Lab
> Exam is not where you
> > want to feel discomfort. In fact, the proctor
> Howard in RTP always gives
> > a piece of advice before you start - "Have Fun!"
> Why
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